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  • August 2025

  • Wed 6

    Exhibition: The Shape of Color – Understanding Color Theory in BRAHM’s Collection

    August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - December 27, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This exhibition explores key milestones in the history of color theory through seven case studies, each centered on a single work of art from BRAHM’s Permanent Collection. Alongside these works, diagrams and historical models illustrate how color has been classified, studied, and understood over time. By examining these varied approaches, The Shape of Color invites us to consider the ways in which color influences our perception, emotions, and the visual world around us.

    Free Entry
  • Wed 6

    Exhibition: Mary Lou Higgins – Sibylline Faces

    August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - November 15, 2025 @ 6:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This exhibiton presents a selection of ceramic works and drawings by MaryLou Higgins (1926–2012), an artist active in North Carolina throughout her prolific career. Best known for her illustrative approach to ceramics, Higgins worked across multiple media, creating a body of work defined by intricate draftsmanship and a focus on the female figure.

    Free Entry
  • Wed 6

    Exhibition: Arlee Mains – A Life in Watauga

    August 6, 2025 @ 11:00 am - November 29, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

    This intimate installation of ten “memory paintings” by Arlee Mains (1935–2019) offers a vivid and affectionate portrait of early 20th-century life in the mountains of western North Carolina. A lifelong resident of Watauga County and a self-taught artist, Mains drew upon family stories, personal recollections, and regional traditions to create painted scenes of everyday Appalachian life.

    Free Entry
  • Thu 7

    Called to Response: Exploring Mary Lou Higgins with Akal Dev Sharonne

    August 7, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    BRAHM invites performers to respond to our exhibitions in a new program series we’re naming Called to Response. Join Akal Dev Sharonne as she responds to the ceramic works of Mary Lou Higgins’ exhibition Mary Lou Higgins: Sibylline Faces.

    Free
  • Fri 8

    Helping Hands Concert Series presents: Gary Morris & Presley Barker

    August 8, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Hayes Auditorium 191 Main St. W, Banner Elk, NC, United States

    All artists are donating their time to raise money for Hurricane Helene victims in the greater Banner Elk area. The concerts are organized by the non-profit Elk River Helping Hands, with proceeds distributed directly to hurricane victims in Avery and Watauga counties.

  • Sat 9

    2025 BRAHM Gala

    August 9, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    The 2025 BRAHM Gala is currently at full capacity. If you would like to be placed on a waitlist to be contacted if there are further opportunities to purchase sponsorships or individual tickets please contact Hannah Chaney

  • Sun 10

    Carl Ratliff Jazz Quartet

    August 10, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Appalachian Theatre of the High Country 559 West King Street, Boone, NC, United States

    Carl Ratliff, saxophones; Lovell Bradford, Sr., Piano/Keyboard., Lovell Bradford, Jr., Bass;  Malcom Charles, Drums. 

    $25
  • Mon 11

    Artists in Residence: Claire Earwood & Skip Sickler

    August 11, 2025 @ 10:00 am - August 17, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This free art show allows people to browse art from local artists, meet the artist, and purchase art directly from the artisan. Artists are often glad to talk about their process and answer questions. Different artists will be featured each week from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends.

    Free Entry
  • Mon 18

    Artists in Residence: Maria Register & Ricky Evans

    August 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am - August 24, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This free art show allows people to browse art from local artists, meet the artist, and purchase art directly from the artisan. Artists are often glad to talk about their process and answer questions. Different artists will be featured each week from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends.

    Free Entry
  • Tue 19
    plein air painting on Blue Ridge Parkway in Blowing Rock

    Plein Air Festival

    August 19, 2025 @ 9:00 am - August 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    The Blowing Rock Plein Air Festival is a four-day, open enrollment plein air painting event. It takes place in the beautiful mountainous area surrounding the town of Blowing Rock in western North Carolina, from Tuesday, August 19th, to Saturday, August 23rd, 2025. 

  • Mon 25

    Artists in Residence: Lee Harper & Theresa Gloster

    August 25, 2025 @ 10:00 am - August 31, 2025 @ 5:00 pm
    Edgewood Cottage 115 Ginny Stevens Ln., Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    This free art show allows people to browse art from local artists, meet the artist, and purchase art directly from the artisan. Artists are often glad to talk about their process and answer questions. Different artists will be featured each week from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends.

    Free Entry
  • September 2025

  • Thu 11

    Revisiting the “Brown Decades”: Tonalism and the American South

    September 11, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
    Blowing Rock Art & History Museum 159 Ginny Stevens Lane, Blowing Rock, NC, United States

    Following the American Civil War, American artists quieted their paintings, embracing blurred contours, muted palettes, and introspective atmospheres. Often considered the moody counterpoint to Impressionism’s vibrant and light-filled canvases, Tonalism offered a harmonious space for respite and reflection in a rapidly changing world.

    $8.00
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